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October 29, 2019
Federal judge blocks Alabama's strict abortion ban
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama's near-total abortion ban from taking effect next month and called the law — part ...
October 25, 2019
In Tennessee, inmates opt for electric chair over injection
The inmate's request was a surprising one, made three days before he was to be executed in October 2018: Edmund Zagorski told ...
October 19, 2019
Indiana attorney general faces hearing on future as lawyer
The professional future of Indiana's attorney general is at stake with a disciplinary hearing that threatens his law license ...
October 19, 2019
Opioid negotiations fail to produce deal just before trial
Negotiations aimed at reaching a major settlement in the nation's opioid litigation reached an impasse Friday.
October 18, 2019
Nebraska court rejects lethal injection protocol challenge
The lethal injection protocol that was used in 2018 to execute a Nebraska prisoner withstood a legal challenge Friday from ...
October 16, 2019
Court seems split on possible resentencing for teen sniper
Liberal and conservative justices seemed split Wednesday on whether to grant a new sentencing hearing to Lee Boyd Malvo, one ...
October 16, 2019
High court weighs state role in prosecuting immigrants
The Supreme Court is trying to sort out whether states can prosecute immigrants who use fake Social Security numbers to get ...
October 15, 2019
Justices seem likely to uphold Puerto Rico oversight board
The Supreme Court seems likely to leave in place the oversight board established by Congress to help Puerto Rico out of a ...
October 14, 2019
High court to consider state role in prosecuting immigrants
Donaldo Morales caught a break when federal prosecutors declined to charge him after he was arrested for using a fake Social ...
October 08, 2019
Supreme Court won't intervene over West Virginia justices
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will leave in place a court decision that derailed the impeachment trials of three West ...
October 07, 2019
Accomplice in killing of North Dakota woman gets 20 years
A man whose life sentence was overturned in the death of a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb was ...
October 07, 2019
Supreme Court won't review death sentence of Alabama inmate
The Supreme Court says it won't review the case of an Alabama death row inmate who argued his sentence is unconstitutional ...
October 04, 2019
Supreme Court to hear abortion regulation case
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to plunge into the abortion debate in the midst of the 2020 presidential campaign, taking on ...
October 03, 2019
Feds tell US judge not to rush fate of Trump’s tax returns
U.S. Justice Department lawyers urged a federal judge Wednesday not to rush to judgment in deciding whether an accounting ...
September 05, 2019
States, politicians back gun-maker in Sandy Hook appeal
Ten states and nearly two dozen members of Congress are joining the National Rifle Association in supporting gun-maker ...
September 05, 2019
Firing of doctor sets off fight over assisted suicide law
After watching his mother die slowly when he stopped her medication, Neil Mahoney knew he wanted the option of ending his own ...
September 04, 2019
Court rejects former escort's appeal in murder-for-hire plot
The Florida Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a former escort convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill her ...
September 01, 2019
Criminal justice reform turns to list of problem officers
During the 22 years he spent in prison after being convicted of killing a Boston police detective, Sean Ellis believed there ...
August 28, 2019
The Latest: Hood says Reeves relies on 'labels,' not issues
The Latest on the governor's race in Mississippi (all times local): 10 p.m. Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim ...
August 27, 2019
Garner's family seeks mayor's testimony on chokehold death
Eric Garner's relatives asked a court Tuesday to force New York City's mayor and police commissioner to answer questions ...
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